I have looked at many other forums and I tried stuff, but they didn't seem to work.
First of all; Sometimes (not every time) when I start up my laptop, it seems really slow. Nothing seems to work, I'm not even able to open any programs.
I can, however, open task manager and when I do that I notice 'avast! Service (32 bit) is using around 30% of my cpu.
I have tried uninstalling it. I go to Control Panel\Programs\Programs and Features obviously and when I click uninstall on avast it gives me the option to update/change/repair/uninstall
I choose uninstall and the setup freezes. I'm unable to close it, not even through task manager.
When I go to 'open file location' of avast! Service in task manager, it opens C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Avast
I'm unable to remove this folder. It asks me to give administrator permission. But when I do this it gives me an error saying: You need permission from an administrator to make changes to this folder.
Last time this problem persisted, I was actually able to remove this file by myself. I tried creating a .bat file that makes me the owner of the folder as explained here:
http://blog.bluetoad.net/?p=43It gives me an error saying 'The current logged on user does not have ownership privileges on the file (folder) C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Avast
I don't know what to do anymore. I thought I had gotten rid of it, but it returned.
For some reason it works now, but I just want to get rid of it so it won't happen again.
Thank you for your help in advance.